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Using the figures in the table below, calculate the total fertility rate. What is the total fertility rate per woman? [7 Marks]
Age Group Births Female Population ASBR
10-14 50 20100 --------
15-19 600 18000 --------
20-24 900 16500 --------
25-29 1100 14200 --------
30-34 500 12600 --------
35-39 400 10000 --------
40-44 200 8000 --------
45-49 150 6000 --------
Consider the following table.
So, here “ASBR” is the numbers of live birth per 1000 women in a specific age group for specific geographic area and for a specific point in time, => ASBR is given by.
=> ASBR = [(Number of live births to women specified age group)*1000]/(Numbers of women in same age group). Now, the ASBR for all the interval are given in the above table.
Now, the TFR” is given by.
=> TFR = (sum of ASFR/1000)*(age intervals of women) = (297.5137/1000)*8 = 2.38.
Now, the “TFR per women” is given by, “total births/total female population”.
=> TFR per women = 3900/105400 = 0.037.